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Posted by Dion Todd May 9th, 2025 1,596 Views 26 Comments
When the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, "For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!" then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh's house, so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh's glory filled God's house. 2 Chronicles 5:13–14 WEB.
As I looked around me, it was hard to believe what was happening inside our church. People all over the building had crumpled to the floor and were crying tears of joy. Some were laughing so hard that it was like they were being tickled. Even the elders and highly respected people in their eighties were on the carpet.
I'd brought my older brother with me, who didn't even attend church. He was lying on the floor, holding his ribs and laughing the hardest I'd ever seen him laugh. Most of the congregation was on the floor laughing, filled with joy. What had started out as a normal Sunday night church service had surely been kicked up a notch.
Our pastors had lost their young son in a car accident. The church had been mourning and a somber place for some time. There weren't many smiles at church anymore. That night, after some powerful praise and worship, God's Glory came down. People just started crumpling to the floor all over the church, filled with the joy of the Lord. It was the end of a long dry season.
In twenty years, I'd never seen such a thing, and I haven't seen it since. Yet, that one night will always remain in my memory. It was the night that the Glory came down, and God removed deep sadness from His people. There was such an atmosphere of love, acceptance, understanding, joy, and forgiveness that it just made you weep. People that had been somber for years were bent double with laughter. When our praise went up, His Glory came down.
A touch of His presence is absolutely the greatest thing on earth. There are no pharmaceutical products that can give you the joy that He can. He is more understanding than we can comprehend, more loving than we can grasp, and He only wants the best for you. So, let us want more of Him in return. I now understand what David meant when he said, "more precious than gold."
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want more of Your presence in my life. Lord, I want to laugh again. Please fill me with Your joy, and remove all sadness from me. Heal me, Lord, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Note: Today is "Feel Good Friday" at the FAAD (Fight Against Anxiety & Depression) group! On this day, we uplift each other with posts of encouragement and joy! All are welcome to join and participate! As always, if you have a prayer need, we are here for you! We and the prayer team are ready to lift you up at our private prayer page: RHM Prayer Network. If you are interested in joining the prayer team, here is how to get started Prayer Partners.
Site update #586: I completed a large update to the Audio Library on the left sidebar. There is now a live service archive of all past services, full-length in case you miss a service and want to catch up, as well as all of our original music. You can download the .mp3 files directly to your device now to listen when you don't have internet. I also added a pop-out player so you can listen without remaining on the page. Give it a try and let me know if you have any problems. 😀
Post from Sherry Mccosh
3 months ago
Heavenly Father, I want more of Your presence in my life. Lord, I want to laugh again. Please fill me with Your joy, and remove all sadness from me. Heal me, Lord, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Post from Dion Todd
3 months ago
Good morning, everyone! Did anyone have an email abnormalities this morning or are we back to normal out there? It has been a busy week here with a lot of equipment upgrades as the new fiber internet was faster than our network switches and firewall could handle. That has led to a lot of configuring and conflicts, but I believe we have finally smoothed it out. Please let us know if you are having any technical problems and thank you for being a part of RHM! 😀🙏
Comment from Shara Abel
3 months ago
It didn't work for me yesterday, but today works like a flash of light! Thanks!
Comment from Marjorie. (Margie) Campbell
3 months ago
Seems to be working well here in North Carolina.
Comment from Lynn Brown
3 months ago
It's working great here, Pastor! No problems and the pages here are loading super fast! Thanks for your hard work!
Replies to this comment
3 months ago
Yes, the new fiber internet is not only 100 x more bandwidth (from 20 mbs to 2000 mbs) which means we can support more users while live streaming, we found that the speed of light travels so much faster than electric signals over copper cable. Our ping time (The time it takes to send a packet to our ISP and get a response) used to be about 15-20ms. Now it is 1ms. We were having to pay for two cable connections. Now we just have the one so it cost less as well, other than the upfront cost of having to upgrade the firewall and network switches. We are very happy with it so far! 😀
Comment from Cathy Webb
3 months ago
No abnormalities at all, Pastor Dion! Praising God for the successful upgrade and for all the work you do with the configuration adjustments to make everything function smoothly and properly. ❤️
Comment from Mark Williams
3 months ago
Everything has been normal since the first day,at least,for me. Thanks for all that you do.
Post from Madalyn Myers
3 months ago
Amen
Post from Elena Vasquez
3 months ago
Amen
Post from Wesley Paulus
3 months ago
Amen!
Post from Marjorie. (Margie) Campbell
3 months ago
Thank you Jesus for Pastor Dion and this church, such a blessing to me.
Margie Campbell
Post from Marjorie. (Margie) Campbell
3 months ago
Thank you Jesus,
Post from Wanda Pennington
3 months ago
Heavenly Father, I want more of Your presence in my life. Lord, I want to laugh again. Please fill me with Your joy, and remove all sadness from me. Heal me, Lord, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! HALLELUJAH!!!
Note: Today is "Feel Good Friday" at
Post from Marisa Jackson
3 months ago
Good Morning and Happy Friday, we've made it to another beautiful week as Our Father in Heaven was with us through our journey's. May you all have a wonderful day filled with love, joy, peace and happiness and wishing ALL Mother's a very Happy Mother's Day 💐! Blessings to you ALL 🕊️, in Jesus precious name I pray, Amen 🙏🙏!! Amen 🙏🙏!! Amen 🙏❤️🙏!!
Post from Yvette York
3 months ago
Heavenly Father Please Fill Me With Your Joy And Remove All Sadness From Me Heal Me Lord Emotionally,Mentally, Physically And Spiritually Amen Good Morning Everyone 😀
Post from Sylvia Todd
3 months ago
Good morning, y'all, happy Friday 🌻! We love y'all and praying you have a fabulously blessed day! 🌼✝️🤗
Post from Lynn Brown
3 months ago
Heavenly Father, I want more of Your presence in my life. Lord, I want to laugh again. Please fill me with Your joy, and remove all sadness from me. Heal me, Lord, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Post from Mari Kaufmann
3 months ago
Heal me and bring joy to my life. Amen
Post from Theresa Bright
3 months ago
Amen 🙏🏻
Post from Valeri Frank
3 months ago
Please heal me Lord... Emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. In Jesus Name I Pray... Amen! 🙏🏼
Post from Dana Rozell
3 months ago
Yes Lord Jesus Amen
Post from Brenda F
3 months ago
Amen!
Post from Barbara Jackson
3 months ago
Thank you Father for being a GOD of joy!
Post from Kevin J. Eck
3 months ago
Heavenly Father, I want more of Your presence in my life. Lord, I want to laugh again. Please fill me with Your joy, and remove all sadness from me. Heal me, Lord, emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!
Post from Celeste Strenn
3 months ago
Amen❣️
Post from Bill Digiglio
3 months ago
Amen .. fill me Lord..
Post from Kay Collinsworth
3 months ago
Amen
Post from Schalk de Beer
3 months ago
Yes my Lord and Father, I pray this in Jesus's mighty name, amen. ✝️🛐
Post from Richard A Smith
3 months ago
Amen. Blessed to see another day. 😇
Post from Narciso Salas
3 months ago
Amen
Comment from Tyler Velau
22 hours ago
Thank you for your continuing work on the site and your efforts to bring the truth of the Gospels to people around the world via the internet. Your hard work and dilligence is appreciated.
Comment from Liesel aka lisa Wardle
22 hours ago
Thank you so much, Pastor Dion, for all that you do, it sounds to me like non-stop "24-7"! God bless you and Sylvia abundantly, above and beyond! 🙏🤗
Comment from Nell Neathery
1 day ago
sounds great. I know that will be useful for me...need to write that down. Hope the Todd family have a blessed Saturday and Sunday. I do believe God gave us those 2 special days for His sake and our sake! Work hard or volunteer (myself) hard through the week. We get our rewards here on Earth and rewards in Heaven.
Comment from Lynn Brown
2 days ago
That sounds amazing Pastor Dion, thank you!!!